Lead lists by industry · Last updated October 31, 2026
Veterinarian email list: every vet clinic and animal hospital in your market
A veterinarian email list built from Google Maps covers every vet clinic, animal hospital and emergency practice in the area you choose, independent or corporate-owned. Each row has the practice's phone, website, address, hours, rating and reviews, plus emails taken from the practice's own website and checked against the live mail server. You pay once per practice, and you can preview the list free first.
- 34,000+veterinary services establishments with paid employees in the US (NAICS 541940, 2023)Source: US Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns (US file, NAICS 541940)
- 475,000+people employed by US veterinary services (NAICS 541940, 2023)Source: US Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns (US file, NAICS 541940)
- 91,100veterinarian jobs in the US, 83% of them in veterinary services (BLS, 2025)Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Veterinarians
How big is the veterinarian market?
Veterinary practice in the US is a busy, staff-heavy business: the Census Bureau counts about 34,000 veterinary establishments with paid employees, employing about 475,000 people, an average of about 14 people per location. The BLS counts 91,100 veterinarian jobs. The market has consolidated fast. Corporate groups and private equity-backed platforms now own many general and emergency practices, and many of them keep the clinic's original local name, so a list that looks independent often isn't. Independents are usually owned by one or two veterinarians who still see patients, with a practice manager running operations and most purchasing. Clinics buy software, diagnostics, pharmacy services, staffing and marketing, and they are short on staff more often than on clients.
How many veterinarians are there in each state?
California, Texas and Florida have the most. The Census Bureau counted 34,296 establishments in Veterinary services (NAICS 541940) across the 50 states and DC in 2023. These are locations with paid employees, so one-person businesses aren't included and the real number of businesses is higher. Use it to size a market before you build the list.
| Rank | State | Establishments (2023) | Share of US |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 3,467 | 10.1% |
| 2 | Texas | 2,816 | 8.2% |
| 3 | Florida | 2,585 | 7.5% |
| 4 | New York | 1,484 | 4.3% |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 1,270 | 3.7% |
| 6 | North Carolina | 1,223 | 3.6% |
| 7 | Ohio | 1,199 | 3.5% |
| 8 | Illinois | 1,159 | 3.4% |
| 9 | Georgia | 1,045 | 3.0% |
| 10 | Michigan | 1,021 | 3.0% |
| 11 | Virginia | 992 | 2.9% |
| 12 | Colorado | 929 | 2.7% |
| 13 | Washington | 919 | 2.7% |
| 14 | Arizona | 731 | 2.1% |
| 15 | Tennessee | 720 | 2.1% |
| 16 | New Jersey | 717 | 2.1% |
| 17 | Wisconsin | 702 | 2.0% |
| 18 | Missouri | 696 | 2.0% |
| 19 | Indiana | 673 | 2.0% |
| 20 | Minnesota | 630 | 1.8% |
| 21 | Massachusetts | 583 | 1.7% |
| 22 | Maryland | 576 | 1.7% |
| 23 | Alabama | 564 | 1.6% |
| 24 | Oklahoma | 563 | 1.6% |
| 25 | Oregon | 560 | 1.6% |
| 26 | Kentucky | 550 | 1.6% |
| 27 | South Carolina | 525 | 1.5% |
| 28 | Louisiana | 484 | 1.4% |
| 29 | Iowa | 480 | 1.4% |
| 30 | Kansas | 479 | 1.4% |
| 31 | Connecticut | 378 | 1.1% |
| 32 | Arkansas | 337 | 1.0% |
| 33 | Nebraska | 311 | 0.9% |
| 34 | Mississippi | 283 | 0.8% |
| 35 | Idaho | 273 | 0.8% |
| 36 | Utah | 256 | 0.7% |
| 37 | Nevada | 241 | 0.7% |
| 38 | Maine | 236 | 0.7% |
| 39 | Montana | 230 | 0.7% |
| 40 | New Mexico | 209 | 0.6% |
| 41 | New Hampshire | 196 | 0.6% |
| 42 | West Virginia | 160 | 0.5% |
| 43 | South Dakota | 153 | 0.4% |
| 44 | Vermont | 118 | 0.3% |
| 45 | Wyoming | 113 | 0.3% |
| 46 | Rhode Island | 97 | 0.3% |
| 47 | Hawaii | 96 | 0.3% |
| 48 | North Dakota | 85 | 0.2% |
| 49 | Delaware | 81 | 0.2% |
| 50 | Alaska | 77 | 0.2% |
| 51 | District of Columbia | 24 | 0.1% |
Source: US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (state file), all legal forms.
What's in a veterinarian lead list
Every row is one veterinarian business found on Google Maps inside the area you chose, with its email found on its own website and checked against the live mail server. These are the columns that matter most for veterinarians:
| Field | Why it matters for veterinarians |
|---|---|
| category / categories | Most practices file under "Veterinarian" or "Animal hospital"; emergency practices use "Emergency veterinarian service". Secondary categories like boarding or grooming mark clinics with extra revenue lines. Keep groomers and boarding-only businesses out unless you want them. |
| business name and website | Corporate-owned clinics often keep local names but link to a shared website or a templated clinic page. The website domain is the quickest way to spot clinics that belong to the same group. |
| email, grade, role and source | Practices publish a front-desk inbox and sometimes a practice manager or hospital administrator address. Up to 5 emails with role and source help you reach the manager rather than the reception queue. Only Verified and Accept-all are exported. |
| hours | 24-hour and late hours mark emergency and urgent care practices, which have different staffing, equipment and software needs from general practices. |
| rating and reviews | Review count is a rough proxy for client volume. A low rating usually points to wait times or communication, which is where client communication and reputation vendors come in. |
| contact_form and website_platform | Practices that only offer a request form instead of online booking are a fit for scheduling and client-communication software. The platform shows what the site is built on where it can be detected. |
| address, lat/lng, distance, in_area | Reps for diagnostics, pharmacy and distribution cover territories. Coordinates and distance let you plan routes and split the list among reps. |
About 45 columns in all, including up to five emails per business with their role and source, and eight social networks. See a sample export.
Search terms that find every veterinarian
No single keyword finds them all. Businesses file themselves under different Google Maps categories and describe themselves in different words, so a complete list searches every variant across the whole area, then removes duplicates.
Search terms: veterinarian, vet clinic, animal hospital, veterinary clinic, emergency vet, 24 hour emergency vet, pet hospital, small animal veterinarian, exotic animal vet, avian veterinarian, equine veterinarian, large animal veterinarian, mobile vet, cat clinic, veterinary dentist, veterinary specialist, veterinary surgeon, low cost vet clinic, spay and neuter clinic, pet vaccination clinic, holistic veterinarian, urgent care vet.
Google Maps categories: Veterinarian, Animal hospital, Emergency veterinarian service, Pet groomer, Pet boarding service.
Leadraft includes these in its Health & medical keyword pack (74 terms), and suggests more in your country's vocabulary when you type a trade.
Who sells to veterinarians, and what works
- Practice management and client communication software. Independents decide in the practice; corporate clinics usually can't. Filter out group-owned domains first, then lead with staff time saved on phones, reminders and records.
- Diagnostics, equipment and pharmacy distributors. Territory sales. Use distance and coordinates to plan visits, and email the practice manager first with a reason to meet.
- Veterinary staffing and relief vet services. Staffing is the chronic pain. Emergency and 24-hour practices feel it most. Lead with availability and coverage area.
- Veterinary marketing and web agencies. Many independents run dated sites. Lead with a specific gap: no online booking, no page for a service they clearly offer, or a weak review count compared with the clinic nearby.
- Practice brokers and acquirers. Groups and brokers look for independents to buy. Independents with strong reviews and their own domain are the pool; approach the owner with discretion.
How to segment and qualify a veterinarian list
Independent vs corporate-owned
Group rows by website domain. Several clinics on one domain, or clinic pages on a group site, mean central purchasing. Single clinics on their own domain are usually independent, though some acquired clinics keep their old sites.
General practice vs emergency and specialty
Run "emergency vet" and "veterinary specialist" as their own search lines, and use hours to confirm. Emergency hospitals have bigger teams, bigger budgets and different software.
Small animal, exotic, equine and large animal
Equine and large animal vets are often mobile, with a farm or home address. Exotic and avian vets are few and specific. Each needs its own message and often its own product.
Low reviews or slow sites
Filter for practices under 4.3 stars or with few reviews in a busy suburb. That's the reputation and client-communication list.
Newly opened practices
New clinics need equipment, software and staff at once. A monitor on your territory sends only newly listed practices.
How to reach veterinarians
Write to the practice manager
In most practices the practice manager or hospital administrator runs vendors and purchasing; the owner veterinarian signs off on big decisions. If the only address is the front desk, ask for the manager by role.
Know who can actually buy
A clinic owned by a large group may not be able to change software, labs or suppliers locally. Don't spend a sequence on a manager who can't say yes. Find the group and pitch centrally, or skip it.
Avoid the busiest hours
Mornings are drop-offs and surgeries; late afternoons are appointments. Midday and after close are when managers catch up. Emergency hospitals run around the clock, so email is better than calling.
Keep it business to business
Veterinary records aren't covered by HIPAA, but some states protect them, and clients' personal details deserve care. Don't ask practices for client information. CAN-SPAM applies to your emails: honest subject, postal address, working opt-out. See cold email laws and get legal advice for your program.
How to find veterinarian leads: build the list in four steps
- Choose the place. A city, county or ZIP code, a radius around an address, or a shape you draw on the map (or a KML file).
- Search every variant. Start from the terms above. Leadraft splits large areas into tiles so you get the businesses past Google's first few hundred results, and keeps only the ones inside your area and in the trade.
- Preview before you pay. The free preview shows real businesses already found there, with emails masked.
- Export or push. Download CSV or XLSX, or send the Verified emails straight to Instantly, Smartlead, lemlist or HubSpot with your suppression list applied. Each business is charged once, ever.
Veterinarians lead lists: questions
How many veterinary clinics are there in the US?
Can I get a veterinarian email list for a specific city or state?
Are the emails verified?
How much does a veterinarian email list cost?
Can I tell which clinics are corporate-owned?
Does the list include groomers and boarding kennels?
Sources
- 1.US Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns (US file, NAICS 541940) · Veterinary services establishments with paid employees.
- 2.US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Veterinarians
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